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Welcome to this build thread S2ki name is Clem, this will be a build that is based on the theme Happy Car Happy Driver haha jk nah but really this is just a thread about building an S2000 as a dailyable socal time attack car. So originally I owned a miata that I used for dallying to school as well as attending some club time attack in the extremespeedtrackevents roadster cup/toudacup.




Then I came across maiham media's Arvou S2000 vid and I knew I had to get an s2k. Plus my miata at that point blew its heater core so there was no heater and winter was coming up so I was like eh Ima sell it!
So I sell the miata for 6k and found this tired S2k for 6k with 110,000 miles on it and I was like eh why not so I jumped on it. Now the story of why pac-man, is because it came with a mugen ss bumper but I decided to rock the trashy looking AP1 bumper for a while.

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So the first most important mod that any trackday junkie gets are wheels and tires, and I have always had a heart set on getting some SSR Wheels, turns out SSR had a new line up of GTV series wheel, and I ordered a set of GTV02 from my buddy Cody C.



Next I buy the most common trackday tire which is the Hankook RS3 and go mount them.


When mounted so little camber, and stock suspension Pac-Man looks like a total monster truck.

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So I go get the car fender rolled and aligned, but the damn front suspension could only get 0.3 front and 1.5 in the rear, so I decided f@#k it I'll track it like that and then get some camber joints later! Car looked the same after alignment LOL.

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So with the makeshift alignment the car was ready for it's first trackday at Streets of Willow going counter clockwise. Going for its maiden canyon drive up Angeles Crest.

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So the first trackday was a blast, I actually now have to be careful with the throttle unlike my miata where I don't brake and floor it everywhere. The car was def still rubbing with so little camber and stock suspension, but I still managed to squeeze a 1:28 which beats my old miata PR of 1:32.

WAKA WAKA WAKA WAKA M3......

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So I gained some new inspiration in the form of the Taga Works S2000 in that I will never go forced induction keeping pac-man na only. New goal is to become the USDM Taga works S2000 wakawakawaka...

During this period I installed some 75a durometer innovative motor mounts to the car and now it feels like a super taikyu racer. In addition I received some SSR Decals from More Japan and slapped them on The pac man is now ready for the Vtec Club

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not a bad deal or that car. 6k is cheap.
is it a real mugen bumper??? Something looks off too me, maybe it is the center since its not black.

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Now I attend my first Vtec Club event in the group n class at Streets of Willow, where the competition was super fierce. This time the track was going clockwise, and I managed to set a lap time of 1:28.4 LOL same as the CCW time I achieved last time. Haha so when I got to the podium I got third only to get cheated out of third because a built Acura Tsx got me haha! At least I put up a decent fight on the stock suspension and will return to do better at the next round



Heres a vid of the events of the day.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6QDlaI1rsQ[/media]

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Ah nah its fake haha Im just gonna use it till it falls off at button willow or something

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So the next event was at Willow Springs Big Willow Track and with rotten luck it started raining! Still ended up being a good experience, but no podiums today haha ended up getting a time of 1:41 with the car still stock. At least its 4 seconds faster than my old miata time in the dry!\


[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQwKcKq0Cms[/media]